When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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